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Friday, July 28, 1972
WORKING HAZARDS FOR NEWCOMERS
A leading Hong Kong industrialist, Mr. K.S. Lo, today had some
specific advise for newcomers to industry.
During the presentation of certificates to instructors and supervisors
who had completed a short course on basic industrial safety, Mr. Lo saið
that new workers, especially young people, were particularly vulnerable
to accidents because they were ignorant of the hazards which experienced
workers had learnt to avoid.
He went on: They choose the unsafe way of doing job merely
because it seems easier, or because they think it is an indication of
maturity to disregard safety precautions."
Such ignorance and misconceptions, Mr. Lo added, could be overcome
by incorporating accident prevention techniques into a training curriculum,
thus ensuring that the basic elements of safe working methods were taught
at the same time as technical skills.
A total of 29 people were awarded safety certificates in the
course sponsored by the Labour Department's Industrial Safety Training
Centre.
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